Girls, you can have an ironing board to play with, and boys you can have race cars.

 

Lovissa and Sasha want to play with the ironing board, and the teapot and the dollies. Georgia doesn’t. She wants to play with the race car, the hammer and mud. She also wants to become an astronaut. As toy distributors still separate girls and boys toys, this piece questions the life style choices that are available to young girls as they grow.

 

Taking inspiration from Toy Story, Moondust and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk on feminism, this piece discusses the preparation and position of young girls in our current pop cultured society. This piece questions the stigma of choice that women make, whether they are a mother or have a career and demonstrates if both can be done.

 

This was a collaborative piece that was directed by Roxanne Carney, assisted by Lissie Carlile and performed by Georgia Dingle, Sasha Ridge and Lovissa Webber. This was made with the support of the University of Chichester.